The Best Dressed Guests: Week Of August 8, 2010

Everyone knows that the best part about going out is getting dressed up, and the attendees at the parties Guest of a Guest covers usually do this with aplomb. Here are the people (and outfits) who made an impression on us this week?-

First Place Geoff Bartakovics at Tasting Table's Born To Rum

We've never had a male first place winner before, but this guy easily takes the spot for, oh, so many reasons. Let's start with the deep blue/bordering on violet jacket he is wearing. Uhm, can we get some more of that in New York fashion please? Bold colors like that are amazing on men.

Shall we move on to his blue striped pocket square? He keeps it from looking too stuffy by forgoing the "perfectly folded" look, and just sort of jamming it in there, as if he thought to himself, while running out the door: "Wait! I might need a handkerchief."

Moving right along, let's examine his mother effing green paisley shirt, which he remarkably manages to make look almost rugged by leaving the top button undone.

And finally, our favorite accessory on this guy: the fact that he is casually holding a tumbler of what we imagine is rum, like Ernest freaking Hemingway or something.

If Sally Bowles were alive today, she'd probably have left Berlin the second NYU kids started migrating there en masse, and would have headed to greener pastures. We can totally imagine her pulling pints in Mombasa, befriending all the locals, and wearing something fabulous, like this.

Love the pageboy haircut, the safari print, and really really love the earrings.

Also, is this girl wearing makeup, or should we be really, really jealous of her glowing, rosy complexion? We can't tell.

Pauline keeps a pretty flower dress from looking too prim for a Jelly Pool Party by belting it, leaving it unbuttoned (risque, Pauline!), and chunky low heels. She even manages to make her LV bag look sporty, and gold bangles? Yes, Pauline. Yes.

Eimear, on the other hand, (which, by the way, is an Irish name that can be traced back to the Gaelic god "Emer", who was said to possess the six gifts of womanhood) (yes, we looked it up) goes for an edgier look with a pieced together tie-dye shirt, hand band, intense eye make-up, an intensely fringed bag, and intense 19th century booties. Paired with jorts. We couldn't pull it off, Eimear, but you totally did.